Reading I Ex 24:3-8
When Moses came
to the people
and related all
the words and ordinances of the LORD,
they all
answered with one voice,
“We will do
everything that the LORD has told us.”
Moses then
wrote down all the words of the LORD and,
rising early
the next day,
he erected at
the foot of the mountain an altar
and twelve
pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Then, having
sent certain young men of the children of Israel
to offer burnt
offerings and sacrifice young bulls
as peace
offerings to the LORD,
Moses took half
of the blood and put it in large bowls;
the other half
he splashed on the altar.
Taking the book
of the covenant, he read it aloud to the people,
who answered,
“All that the LORD has said, we will heed and do.”
Then he took
the blood and sprinkled it on the people, saying,
“This is the
blood of the covenant
that the LORD
has made with you
in accordance
with all these words of his.”
Responsorial Psalm 50:1b-2, 5-6, 14-15
R. (14a)
Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
God the LORD
has spoken and summoned the earth,
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
From Zion,
perfect in beauty,
God shines forth.
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
“Gather my
faithful ones before me,
those who have made a covenant with me by
sacrifice.”
And the heavens
proclaim his justice;
for God himself is the judge.
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
“Offer to God
praise as your sacrifice
and
fulfill your vows to the Most High;
Then call upon
me in time of distress;
I will rescue you, and you shall glorify
me.”
R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
Alleluia Jas 1:21bc
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
Humbly welcome
the word that has been planted in you
and is able to
save your souls.
R. Alleluia,
alleluia.
Gospel Mt 13:24-30
Jesus proposed
a parable to the crowds.
“The Kingdom of
heaven may be likened to a man
who sowed good
seed in his field.
While everyone
was asleep his enemy came
and sowed weeds
all through the wheat, and then went off.
When the crop
grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.
The slaves of
the householder came to him and said,
‘Master, did
you not sow good seed in your field?
Where have the
weeds come from?’
He answered,
‘An enemy has done this.’
His slaves said
to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
He replied,
‘No, if you pull up the weeds
you might
uproot the wheat along with them.
Let them grow
together until harvest;
then at harvest
time I will say to the harvesters,
“First collect
the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;
but gather the
wheat into my barn.”’”